Description: Here we have a dazzling compilation from one of the world's most renowned experimental composers, minimalist extraordinaire PHILL NIBLOCK: A Young Person's Guide to Phill Niblock, a double CD set issued in 1995 by the UK Blast First label and the magazine The Wire. This copy is a 2002 reissue from the American label XI under the less unwieldy title YPGPN, with additional liner notes. There's a gap between Niblock's productivity as a composer and his recorded output -- and there's a very good reason for that. Niblock's music typically relies on aggregated layers of sustained tones. The sound waves fill up a room, beating against each other. The architecture of the space in which it is diffused, the volume level, the quality of the playback equipment and even where the listener if situated all become important variables in the "performance." This two-CD retrospective culls works from the late '70s, early '80s, and mid-'90s, ranging in duration from 13 to 22 minutes. Each one features a series of tones played in the studio by a single musician, later arranged and processed by Niblock. Flutist Barbara Held is heard in "Held Tones." Ulrich Krieger contributed didjeridoo and tenor sax to three pieces. Trombonists James Fulkerson, Jon English, and George Lewis are at the heart of one work each, all three comprising disc two. This is not music to merely listen to, but to experience as a physical phenomena, and as such it can provide hours of near-hypnotic pleasure. Years after its original release, this set remains the most comprehensive and accessible collection of Niblock's work, whose influence has extended to all spheres of avant-garde music. Both discs show the slightest of wear, but look great and play flawlessly. Tracklist Held Tones 22:40 Didjeridoos 13:30 Ten Auras 21:20 Ten Auras Live 21:20 A Trombone Piece 22:13 A Third Trombone 20:54 Unmentionable Piece For Trombone And Sousaphone 18:33
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Location: Brentwood, California
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Artist: Phill Niblock
Format: 2xCD
Record Label: XI
Release Title: Young Person's Guide to Phill Niblock
Genre: Experimental
